''Corpus separatum'' is a
Latin
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term referring to a city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent
city state. The term may refer to:
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Corpus separatum (Jerusalem), the 1947 UN proposal for Jerusalem
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Corpus separatum (Fiume), the historical status of Fiume (today's Rijeka, Croatia) between 1776 and 1918
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Pordenone, a ''corpus separatum'' between 1378 and 1514
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Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар) is a List of cities in Serbia, city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inha ...
, a ''corpus separatum'' between 1878 and 1912
Similar but different concepts include:
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Enclave and exclave
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Federal districts
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Condominium (international law)
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International city
During the
Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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was sometimes described as ''corpus separatum'' as well as condominium.
See also
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Brčko District of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Latin political words and phrases
Political history